Overview / by C. Robert Ullrich, Jane K. Keller and Joseph R. Reinhart
Immigration, xenophobia and bloody Monday / by John E. Kleber
Catholic churches / by William C. Schrader
Franciscan friars / by Adam Bunnell and Camillus Gott
Ursuiline sisters and Catholic schools / by Martha Jacob
Protestant churches / by Gordon A. Seiffertt
Protestant and secular schools / by Victoria A. Ullrich
German Christian orphanages, hospitals and elder care / by Gordon A. Seiffertt
Jewish community and synagogues / by Carol A. Ely
Newspapers / by Kevin Collins and Kathleen Pellegrino
Brewers / by Conrad D. Selle and Peter R. Guetig
Saloons and beer gardens / by Conrad D. Selle and Peter R. Guetig
Singing societies / by Gary Falk
The turners / by Gary Falk
Butchertown / by Edna Kubala-Mott
Germans in the Mexican War and the Civil War / by Joseph R. Reinhart
Manufacturing / by Gary Falk
Agriculture and food industries / by Carl E. Kramer
Whiskey industries / by Michael R. Veach
Hotels and restaurants / by Rick Bell
Dry goods and department stores / by Holly Jenkins-Evans
Dairies / by Robert J. Ehrler
Bakeries and confectionaries / by Michael E. Maloney
Pharmacies / by Mary Margaret Bell
Funeral homes and cemeteries / by C. Robert Ullrich
Germantown and Schnitzelburg / by Donald A. Haag
Anti-German sentiment during the world wars / by John E. Kleber
German cultural influences in modern times / by Don Heinrich Tolzmann and C. Robert Ullrich.